[Movie 2008] The Good, The Bad, The Weird 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈

[rubie]

Thanks rubie for the VOD previews.

As usual, SKH looks the funniest, and most interesting character of the three.

This is gonna be the best k/movie of 2008.

You're welcome, Zombie. My pleasure sharing them here. Good to see you waiting for the movie too, coming out of the L-zone for once.

Yup, SKH's clueless expression from the clip is just too funny. His eyes' expression was just awesome. Hopefully, along with Mr. Song's incredible talent.. the other actors' performance will increase a notch up as well.. making this truly the best Kmovie in 2008.

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Maybe this is a bit too early since the movie isn't finished yet but hope everyone anticipating the movie will join the GBW Fan Club at the new soompi.com mainsite. Below is the shortcut to the fanclub, just click on the image. Unfortunately we haven't got a clear & better banner for it yet. :blush:

Anyone with great banners to share?

Banner size = 250x175 (come on.. anyone can join & create these, credits assured ^^)

[rubie]

[포토클릭]‘놈놈놈’ 이병헌·정우성·송강호 카리스마 대결

입력: 2007년 11월 06일 21:48:44

2008년 최고의 기대작 영화 ‘좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈’(감독 김지운, 제작 바른손영화사업부)이 8일 전북 정읍 오픈 세트장에서 촬영을 재개한다. 지난달 20일 중국 로케를 마치고 돌아온 송강호·이병헌·정우성은 3주간의 휴식을 마치고 카메라 앞에 다시 선다. 75% 정도 촬영을 마쳤고 내년 상반기에 개봉될 예정이다.

〈최재욱기자〉

Briefly translated by ylin at EverythingLBH thread

The most anticipated movie for year 2008, "The Good, the Bad and the Weird" by director Kim Ji Woon, resumed filming on the 8 November in Korea.

Song Kang Ho, Lee Byung Hun and Jung Woo Sung who have returned home on 20 Oct from their shooting in China, once again stood in front of the camera after 3 weeks of rest.

The film has finished 75% of the shooting and is expected to be released during the first half of next year.

Source: http://sports.khan.co.kr/news/sk_index.htm...40401&pt=nv

[rubie]

“The Good, The Bad, The Weird” by Director Kim Jee Woon 

Presented by CJ Entertainment
Produced by Barunson Film Division / Grimm Pictures
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
SONG Kang-ho, LEE Byung-hun, JUNG Woo-sung
Director KIM Jee-woon
July, 2008
Oriental Western, 35mm, 2.35:1, Color, Dolby SRD 
Genre : Period Action/Drama

Synopsis : With the Korean Peninsula under Japanese rule in 1930s, many Koreans flock to Manchuria for refuge. Some become bandits, some train robbers and yet others bounty hunters. While the Weird, a notorious train robber, is stealing from a Japanese train crossing the Manchurian plains, he discovers a treasure map. But the map is also sought after by the Bad, a merciless gang leader. Coincidentally, the Good, a bounty hunter, is on the train, and he is after the Bad. The three engage in a spectacular chase with the Japanese Army, the Korean independence fighters, and the Chinese bandits all looking to get their hands on the prized map. 

SONG Kang-ho - A self-commando train robber with nine lives, Tae-goo

Tae-goo is a train robber who goes around on a scooter rather than a horse. Always at the source of trouble and dispute, he is an unpredictable die-hard self-commando with no telling what he’ll do next. 

SONG has portrayed some of the most memorable characters starring in hit films like <The Foul King>, <Memories of Murder>, <The Host>, and <Secret Sunshine> and his lines often became the cant phrases in fad. SONG has always been in the films that changed the history of Korean films. No matter the role, through outstanding distinction and ‘SONG Kang-ho-ization’ acting, he has become one of the most beloved actors by moviegoers, directors, and producers alike. Now in <The Good, the Bad, the Weird>, SONG presents the world with ‘the weird’ character teeming with unparalleled individuality, ‘Tae-goo’.

Selected Filmography

2009 Evil Live (Director: PARK Chan-wook. Filming) 
2007 Secret Sunshine (Director: LEE Chang-dong), 
The Show Must Go on (Director HAN Jae-lim)
2006 The Host (Director: BONG Joon-ho)
2005 Antarctic Journal (Director: LIM Pil-sung)
2003 Memories of Murder (Director BONG Joon-ho)
2001 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Director: PARK Chan-wook)
2000 The Foul King (Director: KIM Jee-woon), 
JSA, Joint Security Area (Director: PARK Chan-wook))
1999 Swiri (Director: KANG Jae-kyu)
1998 The Quiet Family (Director: KIM Jee-woon)
1996 Green Fish (Director: LEE Chang-dong)

Interview with SONG Gang-ho

Tae-go is ‘the Weird’ but when I first read the script, I didn’t realize who ‘the weird’ one really was. All three of the main characters are bad with a weird side to their personalities mixed in with some good. Tae-goo’s character is like a weed. He does all kinds of things by fair means or foul in order to survive in the vast, desolate Manchurian plains in chaotic times. But he is not bleak in human nature. He has his own unique feelings and attachments to people but lives like a die-hard weed on the hit and run in order to survive. He appears comedic but he is the most miserable character out of the three. His actions are different from Do-won’s and Chang-yi’s, not typical of the western genre. While the others prepared for their action scenes prior to production, I found my own answers to ‘How did Tae-goo live and what is he like?’ and prepared that way.

LEE Byung-hun – Guns or swords, Chang-yi, the man 
who wants to be the best

A cold-blooded man who kills at will with no turning back to get what he wants. His greatest desire is to be the best shooter in a duel. He is a man of great pride who would rather die than to lose.

Perhaps due to his gentle voice and wet, glistening eyes, his filmography consists mainly of love stories. However, since the film noir, <A Bittersweet Life>, Lee started to show a stronger masculine side. Even in portraying villains he stands out due to his exquisite expressions and acting. Chang-yi, a stubborn, atrocious, and cruel character who 
sometimes shows a hint of madness comes alive through LEE as not just a simple villain but a strong, appealing, and charismatic character. 

Selected Filmography

2009 G.I Joe (Director: Stephen Sommers, Filming)
2008 I come with the rain (Director: Anh Hung Tran, Post production)
2005 A Bittersweet Life (Director: KIM Jee-woon)
2004 Three Extremes (Director: PARK Chan-wook) 
2001 Bungee Jumping of Their Own (Director: KIM Dae-seung)
2000 JSA, Joint Security Area (Director: PARK Chan-wook)
1998 The Harmonium in My Memory (Director: LEE Young-jae)

Interview with LEE Byung-hun

This is my second collaboration with director KIM Jee-woon since <A Bittersweet Life>. <The Good, the Bad, the Weird> is a more entertaining film, so I think the production as a whole was more fun this time around. If the tone of the film is serious and dark, it’s bound to be filled with suffering and agony. But the genre here calls for the viewers as well as the characters in 
the film to be excited, so it was fun work. Chang-yi is the complete opposite from Tae-goo in every way. He does not make effort to survive. 

For Chang-yi, living is not his main goal and death does not matter to him. All that matters is if he is the best shooter or not. Even when he fights, he does not think much about his life. The thought ‘I could die’ never crosses his mind. It was a thoroughly refreshing experience to play a villain for the first time in my long acting career. I didn’t have to think ‘the character must have his reasons for that kind of behavior.’ Rather I just had to create his walk, his manner, his 
expression, his way of speech etc., and try to ‘get down to character’. Chang-yi’s cool and cold-blooded personality also comes through in his actions scenes.”

JUNG Woo-sung – An excellent shooter who does anything for money. 
Do-won, a hunter after criminals for the reward

Wild beasts, wanted criminals, you name it, the ace shooter will hunt anything for money. Do-won uses a rifle and shot guns with longer range of fire and higher shot accuracy to get his game. He never gives up on a target he sets out to get.

Jung is an actor who teems with masculine beauty. He is even more superb in actions. He glides as if dancing and flows like water drawing unique lines as he gracefully moves about. Do-won from <The Good, the Bad, the Weird> is the 
ultimate character in which one can show off all his masculine beauty. ‘Do-won’ races on his horse, shoots guns, and rides downhill to provide moviegoers with all the fun of watching an actor act and move about on the big screen.

Selected Filmography

2006 The Restless (Director: CHO Dong-oh)
2004 A moment to remember (Director: LEE Jae-han)
2001 The Warriors (Director: KIM Sung-soo)
1999 Phantom, the submarine (Director: MIN Byung-chun)
1998 City of the rising sun (Director: KIM Sung-soo)
1997 Beat (Director: KIM Sung-soo), Motel Cactus (Director: PARK Ki-yong)

Interview with JUNG Woo-sung

“Any actor would love a chance to work with Director KIM Jee-woon. I had my hopes, too, and wasn’t let down. He pulls out hidden talents that the actor doesn’t even know he had within him and lets him enjoy them. The movie is such an exhilarating and animated film, it was really fun working on it. Although Do-won is an ‘outlaw’ he knows he is on ‘the good’ side and has clear set standards and moves accordingly. Even in doing the action scenes, I thought ‘Why would Do-won act like this? How does he feel?’ etc. Do-won is an excellent rider and shooter so the action scenes were on a big scale. There were even some dangerous moments, but I kept on all in good fun. Different from Chang-yi who pushes himself wanting to be the best, Do-won is sure he is the best and his confidence is evident in all the actions scenes.”

Source: cjent.co.kr

[rubie]

November 9, 2007

First Footage From Kim Ji-Woon’s THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE WEIRD Arrives!

Posted by Todd Brown twitchfilm.net

No doubt about it, South Korea has been in a slump since The Host and if anything is going to snap the nation out of it, it will either be this film or Chan Wook Park’s upcoming vampire feature. This one? It’s te new western from Kim Ji-Woon, director of A Bittersweet Life and A Tale of Two Sisters. Kim’s a technical monster who doesn’t have a dud in his filmography - nothing even close - and the idea of the man doing a full on western with one hell of a cast - Lee Byung Hun! Song Kang Ho! That guy from Musa! - is more than a wee bit exciting. And now we can finally get a look at some footage thanks to the Korean nightly news and the wonders of YouTube ... 

Captures from MBC news clip, copied from PlanetBH0712

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Copied from lunapark6.com

The Good, The Bad, and the Weird

Written by luna6

Movie: The Good, The Bad, and the Weird

Release Date: February 2008

Country: South Korea

Director: Ji-woon Kim

Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Kang-ho Song, Woo-sung Jung

Probably, the most highly anticipated Korean film in recent years and likely to break box office records soon after its February, 2008 release would be Ji-woon Kim’s “The Good, The Bad, and the Weird”. Marketed as an Oriental Western and inspired by the Sergio Leone film of similar name, “The Good, The, and the Weird”, stars three heavyweights in the Korean film industry. Byung-hun Lee (A Bittersweet Life) plays The Bad, Kang-ho Song (Secret Sunshine) plays the Weird, and Woo-sung Jung (Musa The Warrior) plays the Good.

Plot Synopsis :

In the 1930s, the world is in chaos. In Northeast Asia, the Korean Peninsula has fallen into the hands of the Japanese Imperialists. Many Koreans have flocked to Manchuria, the vast terrain of horses and wilderness bordering their homeland and China. Some of them, inevitably, have turned into mounted bandits to earn their living in this barren

wasteland.

Tae-gu (The Weird) is a thief. He robs a train of Japanese military officers, but the incident is not as simple as it first seems. In the middle of this fierce gun battle against the Japanese, he obtains a mysterious map that leads to a treasure from the Qing Dynasty, buried somewhere in Manchuria.

Yet, the map is also sought by Chang-yi, the cold blooded hitman (The Bad). Tae-gu must fight not only the Japanese but also Chang-yi and his fellow thugs, who happen to attack the train at the same time. At the end of this intense gunfight, a mysterious man jumps into the center of the battle from nowhere and rescues Tae-gu with astonishing gunplay. Having survived the battle, Tae-gu thanks the man for saving his life. Yet, he does not know that this stranger is Do-won, the bounty hunter (The

Good), who has been chasing Tae-gu to turn him in for a reward. These three men - Do-won (The Good), Chang-yi (The Bad) and Tae-gu (The Weird) - will soon discover that the map they are battling for is also a magnet that attracts others as diverse as the Korean resistance, Chinese/Russian/Korean mountain bandits and the Japanese army. The blazing gun battle in the train proves to be merely the beginning of the rollercoaster ride to the final showdown to come.

The film is directed by Jee-won Kim, who has received critical and commercial success from past films like “The Foul King”, “A Tale of Two Sisters,” and “A Bittersweet Life”. He also directed and wrote the screenplay for the 1998 black comedy “The Quiet Family,” which went on to inspire Takeshi Miike’s “The Happiness of the Katakuris.” “The Good, The Bad, and the Weird” has a budget north of $10 Million and was shot largely in China.

All signs point to a huge blockbuster that should provide many thrills. Mark your calendars for this film’s release.

Posters and preview clip at http://lunapark6.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-weird.html

[Guest ellabel]

^ So much anticipation and expectation for this movie.... really creates a lot of excitement.. We know how good a director KJW and with 3 brilliant actors in the cast, how cud the movie go wrong. The Good, the Bad and the Weird wud be a fantastic opening salvo for the movie industry next year.

Just the short teaser of the movie is already awesome and the music is wonderful.

Cant wait to see that train gun battle in full.

[Guest inez]

Oh definitely will be a hit !! Thanks Rubes for the articles ..can always count on you!!

i have been watching the clip non-stop!!..

how are the Coffee Bean Cuties Ella?? ..

[rubie]

BH-GBW clickable thumbs from http://blog.paran.com/lovelyheim

GBW photo-MV by lbhlovetsurusyou, highlighted by Lisa-lovelbh

Blue the Bad

http://dogalog.excite.co.jp/userdir/480105...peevee88332.flv

[Guest yurikah]

I just saw a news clip of this and Lee Byung Hoon looks so hot! Can't wait for this movie.

[rubie]

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 今年の冬、男性芸能人のトレンドはひげ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

今年の夏から芸能界のファッショントレンドに復古が強気を見せている。

女性芸能人たちが、短いショートカットと中性美あふれるファッションに変身して話題を呼び集めた中で、男性たちの間では復古熱風の中、鼻ひげが断然引き立って見える。最近映画の広報のため訪韓した、日本映画界スターオダギリジョーが、ひげで男性美とファッション感覚を披露したように、韓国の芸能界にも今年の冬のトレンドに、ひげ旋風が吹いている。

歴史と日帝支配期を背景にした映画とドラマが継続して制作されながら、これらの作品に出演する俳優たちに鼻ひげは、キャラクターを具現するコンセプトとして愛されている。俳優が作品のためにひげを生やすのを始めとして、黒いひげで変身を試みた男性芸能人の姿が目を引く。

韓国映画界ビッグ3をキャスティングした映画『いい奴、悪い奴、変な奴』は、ソン・ガンホ、イ・ビョンホン、チョン・ウソンなど主演俳優たちが皆鼻ひげを生やして、キャラクターに合った姿を見せた。 日帝支配下の満州という映画の背景に合わせて、荒々しく野性的に変身した。三人の俳優は映画の撮影期間にも、各々『密陽（ミリャン）』(ソン・ガンホ)の行事と、ファッションブランドランチング(チョン・ウソン)、日本映画『ヒーロー』の友情出演(イ・ビョンホン)等で活動しながら、ひげを生やした姿をしばしば見えてくれた。

やはり映画のために貴公子風容貌に変化を加えた人たちもいる。映画『モダンボーイ』に出演中のイ・ハンは、京城時代のモダンボーイに扮して鼻ひげを生やした。やはり1900年代初め京城を背景にした『ラジオデイズ』のリュ・スンボム、初めての史劇に挑戦した『別巡検』のオン・ジュワンもひげを生やして、万年少年のイメージから脱皮した。

この他にも『食客』のキム・カンウと『カクトゥギ』のキム・スンス等がすっきりした既存イメージとは異なり、ひげで容貌に変化を与えたし、各種行事に登場した歌手たちと広告映像の中でも、ひげを生やしたスターたちの姿にしばしば会うことができる。

More pics at source http://travel.innolife.net/innoreport/list...&ai_id=2672

[rubie]

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[rubie]

Clip and captures copied from PlanetBH0712, merci!

- short interview with the actors of GBW

GBWpreview2.wmv (2MB) Original link » sendspace

--- 'The Bad' caps first.. will try to capture for all.. later.. :blush:

[rubie]

Captures from the clip above ^^

[Guest Zombie]

Thanks for all the updates of GBW. Can count on you when 2 of yr fav men are here.

[rubie]

Thanks for joining the thread, too. Just can't wait for the movie.. even though they'd usually show the same scenes.. albeit a bit longer in each new preview clips.. we can just feel the excitement of an awesome movie-to-be.

Both SKH and BH really hit it off in JSA :blush: .. this time it will be so cool seeing them in a face-off again. And JWS is a bonus, a looker. Simply adore his AMTR role but each of them.. are going to the extremes in GBW. All the better!

Now that we're approaching the new year .. hope more feature and updates on GBW will be available.. especially in English.

Btw.. really like Dir. KJW as well.. having worked with both SKH & LBH prior .. their BSL collaboration was & still simply amazing.

[rubie]

Compiled sets of the GBW captures, clip from MBC news

[Guest Hyc]

2007.12.07

‘놈놈놈’ 사상 최다 동물 엑스트라 출연

[일간스포츠] 2007년 12월 07일(금) 오전 09:57 가 가| 이메일| 프린트 [JES 김인구] 내년 최고의 기대작 중 하나인 '좋은놈, 나쁜놈, 이상한놈'(김지운 감독, 이하 '놈놈놈')에 한국영화사상 최다의 동물 엑스트라가 출연, 화제가 되고 있다.

'놈놈놈'은 '반칙왕' '장화, 홍련' '달콤한 인생' 등 수많은 히트작을 만든 김지운 감독이 충무로 최고 스타인 정우성•이병헌•송강호를 주인공으로 캐스팅해 만들고 있는 한국판 웨스턴 스타일 모험극. 20세기 초의 만주벌판을 배경으로 지금껏 볼 수 없었던 다양한 비주얼을 시도한 가운데 수십종의 동물이 나오는 '귀시장'이라는 영화 속 공간이 벌써부터 화제가 되고 있다.

'귀시장'은 현상금 사냥꾼인 '좋은놈' 정우성이 직접 잡은 맹수 등을 사고 파는 만물상 시장이다. 각종 기이한 물건들과 함께 호랑이, 코끼리, 낙타, 늑대 등 동물들이 총출동한다. 종류와 숫자에서 역대 한국영화사상 최다급이다.

이 장면은 실제 살아있는 동물들을 하루동안 임대해 전북 정읍 세트장에서 촬영했다. 동물원 서커스를 방불케했다는 게 제작사 측의 설명이다.

또 한국판 웨스턴을 표방하는 작품답게 말도 많이 투입됐다. 정우성•이병헌은 물론 수십명 엑스트라의 이동수단이 말이었기 때문에 출연하는 인물만큼 말이 필요했다.

제작사인 바른손의 최재원 대표는 "영화의 완성도를 높이기 위해 배경 하나하나에 심혈을 기울였다. 동물원처럼 많은 동물 엑스트라들이 출연한 것도 이같은 맥락"이라며 "CG로 하는 것보다 비용은 오히려 줄이면서 좀더 실감나는 화면을 얻을 수 있었던 것 같다"고 말했다.

'놈놈놈'은 이달 말까지 촬영을 마치고, 내년 여름 개봉할 예정이다.

김인구 기자 [clark@joongang.co.kr]

Source: http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shel...p;newssetid=491

Briefly translated by Hyc

Please pardon any mistakes

According to this article, in the history of movie industry, there are the most numbers of life animals that made their appearance in this movie “Good, Bad and Weird”. The wild animals include elephants, tigers, camels and wolves were used in the performance. They were leased from a circus/zoo. (Note: sorry, not very sure of the sentence)

GBW is scheduled to finish filming at the end of this month and due to open next summer.

[Guest jicks]

^Wild animals makes it sounds uber-thrilling!! lol Going by the previews, I think I would want to be a horse... XP

First Footage From Kim Ji-Woon’s THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE WEIRD Arrives!

Posted by Todd Brown twitchfilm.net

No doubt about it, South Korea has been in a slump since The Host and if anything is going to snap the nation out of it, it will either be this film or Chan Wook Park’s upcoming vampire feature. This one? It’s the new western from Kim Ji-Woon, director of A Bittersweet Life and A Tale of Two Sisters. Kim's a technical monster who doesn’t have a dud in his filmography - nothing even close - and the idea of the man doing a full on western with one hell of a cast - Lee Byung Hun! Song Kang Ho! That guy from Musa!

^LOL "That guy from Musa."

You think Mr Todd Brown could've at least googled his name.

The way they are slowly trickling in these clips/pics/caps is killing me dearly but I must say, from what we can see so far, all 3 of the stars seem to fit their roles very well.

I really hope the film lives up to the expectations <3

Anyways, thanks rubes for all the updates & dedication!

[rubie]

From highlight at daum, there's a special issue at movieweek.kr on GBW.. but no idea on the content and not sure if the other 2 section on character power & actors power are related as well.

Anyone can help (more) with this?

2008 상반기 최강 파워 라인업(1편)

몇 주가 지나면 2008년 영화 연대기가 시작된다. 불황에도 굴하지 않고 크레딧만으로도 자체 발광하는 영화들이 초반부터 관객의 마음을 사로잡을 태세다. 여기 2008년 최강 파워영화 7편의 스틸을 <무비위크>가 제일 먼저 공개한다. 어서 오라, 2008!

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어디에서 본 듯, 그러나 보지 못한 영화

독특한 세 남자 <좋은놈 나쁜놈 이상한놈>

감독ㆍ김지운 | 주연ㆍ송강호 이병헌 정우성 | 장르ㆍ웨스턴 액션 | 여름 개봉 예정

SYNOPSIS

1930년대 중국 만주. 중국인, 일본인, 러시아인, 몽골인, 조선인이 총칼로 뒤엉키는 무법천지다. 어느 날, 열차털이범 윤태구는 열차를 습격해 일본 은행총수의 짐을 훔친다. 그 속에 섞여 있던 지도를 되찾아오라는 명을 받은 마적단 ‘창이파’의 두목 창이가 태구를 목표로 열차를 덮친다. 곧이어 창이를 쫓는 현상금 사냥꾼 박도원도 끼어든다. 세 사람의 맞물리는 추격이 시작되고, 일본 황실 보물 지도라 믿는 마적떼, 대륙횡단열차의 건설 예정 지도라 믿는 조선독립군, 일본 전쟁의 자금줄이라 믿는 일본군까지 가세해 상황은 더욱 복잡해진다.

<좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈>의 한 장면. 태구 역을 맡은 송강호는 중국의 만물시장인 ‘귀시장’에 들어섰다. 거대한 코끼리와 낙타들이 그의 옆을 지나간다. 각종 동물들이 즐비하고 한쪽에선 소규모 서커스가 열린다. 거대한 부처의 얼굴 조각상, 다양한 미녀들의 얼굴을 그린 그림들 등 상인이 파는 물건도 다양하다. 얼기설기 판자들을 엮어 만든 건물들이 좁은 골목을 만들어낸다. 어디에 발을 디디든 아시아의 문화가 섞여 있는 무질서한 시대가 흠씬 느껴진다. 익숙한 것들을 한데 모아놓으니 모든 게 낯설다. 김지운 감독은 그런 비주얼을 만들어내고 있다. <좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈>은 웨스턴영화라 알려졌지만, 각종 영화교과서에 등장하는 미국식 서부극과는 많이 다르다. 한국역사의 어느 한 시점을 뚝 떼어와 상상력을 덧대 만든 이야기는 어느 나라의 것도 아니다. 혹은 오지랖이 넓은 웨스턴이다. 제목은 세르지오 레오네의 <석양의 무법자>의 원제 ‘The Good, The Bad And The Ugly’를 연상케 하며, 한국 촬영분인 ‘귀시장’의 세트는 쇼브라더스 무협영화와 <스타워즈> <매드맥스>의 한국식 짬뽕 같다. 동시에 ‘한국식’ 해석을 넘어서는 경지를 보여주려고 노력한다. 어디에서도 본 듯하지만, 실제로는 어디에서도 보지 못한 김지운식 집요한 독창성이 결합된 결과다. 여러 나라의 빈티지 문화를 섞어놓은 듯한 열차 풍경, 당시 여러 나라 군복을 현대적으로 재해석한 의상, 시대에 속박되지 않는 자유로운 남자 캐릭터 등은 21세기 트렌드를 압도하는 아우라를 뿜어낸다. “역사적 배경이나 시대는 크게 연관이 없다. 실화도 아니고 풍자극도 아니다. 이건 순수한 오락영화다”라는 태구 역 송강호의 대답은 전반적인 컨셉트를 추측할 수 있는 핵심 힌트다. 구구절절 설명하지 않아도 <좋은놈 나쁜놈 이상한놈>의 매력은 신선하고 새롭다는 데 있다. 도원 역 정우성은 “웨스턴 주인공에 대한 로망은 오래전부터 있었지만 한국에서 하게 될 줄은 몰랐다”라며 유쾌한 소감을 드러낸다. 미국 서부시대에만 가능할 줄 알았던 웨스턴이 만주를 배경으로 환골탈태하는 과정 자체부터 신비롭다. 더불어 한국역사상 가장 대담한 도전이다. 정우성 이병헌 송강호라는 ‘드림팀’ 스타의 조합부터 100억이 넘는 제작비, 국내외 합해 300명이 넘는 인력, 총격이 오가는 만주벌판 기마 추격전, 5개월에 걸쳐 정읍에 지어진 광활한 장터 세트 등 도전의 스케일부터 다르다. 제작진은 무엇보다 ‘새로운 한국영화’를 만들기 위해 9개월 넘는 촬영 기간 동안 최선을 다하고 있다. 김지운 감독의 비주얼 조력자는 <장화, 홍련>을 함께한 이모개 촬영감독과 <친절한 금자씨> <짝패>로 궤도에 오른 조화성 미술감독이다. <중천> <아라한 장풍대작전>의 허명행 무술감독이 액션연출을 맡았고 엄지원 윤제문 등 연기파 조연들도 힘을 보탰다.

포스터와 스틸, 동영상을 조금씩 공개하며 영화팬들을 감질나게 만들고 있는 <좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈>은 빠르면 내년 1월 중순까지 촬영을 끝낼 예정이다. 한국영화 장르의 외연을 넓히는 ‘거룩한 계보’의 출발을 목격할 시간이 점점 다가오고 있다.

Source: http://www.movieweek.co.kr/magazine/200712...0300020301.html

Thanks to ylin for the gist (translated from Chinese text by Ping-bhjwlove.com)

December 18, 2007

The Good,The Bad And The Weird - Three Unique Men

In the 1930's, China Manchuria was filled with Chinese, Japanese, Russians, Mongolians and also Koreans armed with guns and knives, it was a world without law.

One day, the train robbers attacked the train and stole the luggage belonging to the Head of the Japanese Bank...

Produced with a budget of over 100 billion, mobilizing 300 crew members in and outside the country with scenes such gun firing on the open plains of Manchuria, fighting on horse backs ...

It is planned to finish shooting by mid January next year.

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Thanks to Hyc at EverythingLBH thread for the gist

Source: update 1 update 2 update 3

The gist of the 3 news articles is mainly about Korean movies to be released in 2008.

2008 K-movies would be concentrating on male actors, unlike 2007 K-movies which concentrated more on the actresses.

It also mentions about the villain transformation of some actors like Lee Byung Hun in The Good, The Bad, The Weird and Kwon Sang Woo in Fate/Destiny.

It is expected that the 2008 K-movies release would give a new turning point for Korean movie industry in domestic and foreign market, which is said to be weakening recently.